Elementary School

This printable guide of fun and educational activities will help prepare your students over the summer for the second-grade school year. There are suggestions for books to enjoy over the summer, reading and language arts skill-builders, arithmetic and money-counting worksheets, and general classroom advice such as an elementary supply list. See our summer learning guides for third grade and other grades.

This printable guide of fun and educational activities will prepare your students during the summer for the third-grade school year. The packet includes a list of suggestions for summer reading, worksheets for building math skills, geography and history lessons, art-based science activities, and more! See the See our summer learning guides for fourth grade and other grades.

Print off this guide of fun and educational activities that will help prepare your students over the summer for the first-grade school year. Included you'll find book suggestions for improving reading skills, grammar worksheets, lessons for community involvement, counting and measurement activities, and more! See our summer learning guides for second grade and other grades.

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